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- Title
Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre la influenza A(H1N1) 2009 y la vacunación contra influenza pandémica: resultados de una encuesta poblacional.
- Authors
Jiménez-Corona, María Eugenia; Aguilar-Díaz, Fátima del Carmen; León-Solís, Lizbel Esperanza; Morales-Virgen, Juan José; de León-Rosales, Samuel Ponce
- Abstract
Objective. To assess knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding influenza pandemic, with special emphasis on issues related to influenza vaccine, seasonal and pandemic. Materials and methods. Cross-sectional study, probabilistic multistage sampling in patients over 18 years, residents of Mexico City (and metropolitan area), Monterrey, Guadalajara and Merida in December 2009. Results. A total of 1.600 subjects (48.9% male) were interviewed, 34% had previously received seasonal flu vaccine, 90.6% were willing to be vaccinated against A(H1N1), 46.5% of those who would not receive the vaccine was because they did not trust A (H1N1), 68% considered influenza A (H1N1) as a risk for their family. Hand washing was the preventive measure most commonly reported (47.5%), secondly influenza vaccine (28%). Schooling (1.7, p=0.006) and age (1.02, p<0.001) influence rejection to get vaccine. 82.9% of respondents rate the federal government's management as good or very good. Conclusions. There was a high acceptance rate for the pandemic influenza vaccine in Mexico when compared to similar studies in other countries, the main reason for those who reject the vaccine was distrust in it.
- Subjects
MEXICO; INFLUENZA A virus, H1N1 subtype; PUBLIC opinion on vaccination; INFLUENZA vaccination research; INFLUENZA prevention; PUBLIC health; INFLUENZA epidemiology
- Publication
Salud Pública de México, 2012, Vol 54, Issue 6, p607
- ISSN
0036-3634
- Publication type
Article